I am thankful for those of you who read the honest and sincere sharing of my innermost thoughts whether they are in a Facebook post, website post, or in a book. This post will be no different. In fact, this will likely be the “gutsy-est” post I have written. My hope is that this post will clarify the suspicions that others have felt or known about me. My hope is for this post to resonate with at least one person …
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It’s been over a year since I have posted a blog on this website. I miss it here; I really do, but I’ve got a bit of writer’s block. So, let’s see how this turns out. Peter, let go of the result. Your muse will guide you when you begin. Just write. This is our healthy and happy dog, Tuukka, in the Spring of 2019. Handsome boy, isn’t he? Well, I certainly think so despite the blurry iPhone photo. The …
I miss a lot of things since COVID-19 turned the world upside down. I miss publishing my thoughts on this website. I REALLY miss it. So, it’s time we all get reacquainted once again :) The website, yogapedia.com, defines dharma as “The implication of dharma is that there is a right or true way for each person to carry out their life in order to serve both themselves and others.” I interpret it this to mean, we are all here …
If my memory is correct, at some time in the fall of 2006 I watched a 20-minute video that profoundly mixed my emotions with the intensity of a Ninja blender. The video featured a soft-spoken and eloquent man whose presentation motivated me to take an immediate inventory of my life’s perspective. That man? Dewitt Jones, a National Geographic photographer. The title of his video? Celebrate What’s Right with the World. After watching this video, I immediately began applying the …
I had known about Thoreau’s quote about going to the woods where he documented and chronicled his experience (for two and half years) in the book, Walden. I have been to Walden Pond in the quaint town of Concord, MA several times. I swam in its waters, hiked its trails, and channeled my inner Winnie-the-Pooh while doing a lot of nothing but soaking up its magnificence. It’s a spiritual place for me. Recently, I learned of Thoreau’s thoughts about leaving …
I spent an afternoon by myself getting back to the earth and enjoyed an uneventful stroll along the unmarked footpaths of a state forest. I came upon this ambitious plan-in-progress of a beaver. This artwork of Mother Nature made me pause and reflect. Why did the beaver start this project? How long will it take to finish? What made it choose this tree versus the one closer to the river bank? What will the finished dam look like? I returned …
Shortly after sunrise on a late spring morning, I walked to the end of the dock at my sister’s and brother-in-law’s house. After seeing the name of their boat, Next Chapter…, a heaviness of emotions consumed my chest. The quiet activity of Cornfield Creek provided a perfect backdrop while I contemplated life and sipped my coffee in the comfort of an Adirondack deck chair. I watched a bonded pair of osprey alternate nest and possible egg maintenance duties. A variety …
There are periods in our lives (I like to call them seasons) when we find it difficult to maintain our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual strengths. A sniffle here and there turns into frequent sneezing and a full blown cold. A lack of sunshine combined with persistent cloudy days alters our moods. We lose motivation and the eagerness to do simple tasks, and we may lose hope and faith for a positive outcome when we are blindsided by unfortunate circumstances. …
As I looked across our backyard, a blanket of dying leaves nearly covered the green grass that hadn’t encountered a first frost. It was a peak-week of glorious colors in southeastern Connecticut’s fall foliage season. Why are dying or dead leaves attractive to so many leaf-peepers? Just because they display more brilliant colors than full-of-life leaves? Same leaves. Later in the calendar. Different view. Yes, they are a blessing to some, and a curse to others. Homeowners: “I have to …
I received a Facebook message on October 16, 2019 from the animal control officer in our little town of Ledyard. “Hi Peter. I just want to put a bug in your ear. There is a Samoyed at Norwich Animal Control. They got custody of her today. Her owner died. She came in with a cat; seems like a sweet girl.” I immediately called our animal control officer on her personal cell phone. “Can you pull her from Norwich?” “Yes, I …
I had never seen a more horrific display of destruction. It was one mile wide and six miles long. Standing in the midst of a barren flatland, I turned 360 degrees and I saw, but more importantly, I felt the devastation! I stood in the streets of Joplin, Missouri – the town which suffered an EF-5 tornado at 5:41 PM, Sunday, May 22, 2011. In less than 30 minutes, a tornado took the lives of 160 people and destroyed many more. …
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